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It's a double unicorn! Awesome, I tried to buy one of these, a dci100 too, but red, off a boy at the mot station when it had failed it's mot. I think he was intimidated by me because of how excited I was over it. Think he thought I was taking the piss out him

Too much fuel or not enough air, the list could be endless!!! Faulty injector Faulty turbo Boost leak Egr valve Start there ?

What's the difference? As far as I can see if it's not mapping the ECU it's not going about the job properly. Someone was trying to tell me to get a "tune it" box or something, it's not a tuning box it's got "maps" on it etc a smartphone app to match. Yet the more I read up on it the more it...

Buy the race chip for it to trick the ECU into ramping up fuel pressure, giving worse mpg and gaining about 5hp will giving off loads of black smoke. A proper remap will raise turbo boost and fuel flow to match giving genuine good, reliable gains, mpg improvement, transforming the car.

Proper remap every time. A tuning box won't be long in mashing your fuel pump on a 1.5dci and it won't make anywhere near +16hp

They don't call it cup killing season for nothing! Not mAny left now

owned both at the same time and agree the cup felt more nuts! I had a few high speed lockups which keep you alert lol

I would have a cup over a trophy! probably rarer now too!

modifying any car is a waste of money though! as long as your having enough fun to justify it!

thats a K4J but its much the same as a K4M, yes there is a turbo kit and they go well! http://store.trwperformance.com/product_info.php?cPath=12_22&products_id=226

I briefly used a Twingo RS for 3 months as a daily, never again, I recon an ariel atom would have been better. What a car it was on the right day/road though! My 220 Trophy ticks every box though i currently do about 50 miles a day in it, not much

yep positive it did, it was 13 years ago though lol

I had never noticed it until I had had mine for 6 months, then I tried my mates brand new one and it done the same! no idea what causes it, something to do with the induction system as when mine had an open filter on it it no longer done it

1.2 16v? normal if so just for a split second when you press the accelerator?

id have spent my time getting an arch liner for my cup rather than getting the car lifted. no one ever tell you snitches get stitches?

Renault UK these days are absolutely hopeless and rude, but it's worth a try I suppose it's only as helpful as the person you get. I'm having issues with my 6 months old 220 trophy and Renault UK are worse than the renaulsport dealer I'm dealing with (parks of Motherwell)

Box oil would be my first port of call, elf from a dealer

Yeah weight difference and newer emissions regs I believe, the MK4 however is just a tad heavier than a MK2 DCI, it's about the same weight as a 182 so still very light

Black smoke and warning lights is usually a good sign as it's getting fuel, usually a boost leak or worst case turbo issue! It's when there is no smoke it's an issue lol

I doubt it, Renault sport UK isn't what it used to be, remember how active the official forum was with reps from Renault sport on the forum, now there's no one. Remember Jeremy the director for renaulsport UK used to post on here. I think all these guys used to organise a lot of it

10 minutes with my wire strippers and soldering iron ? I'd go full hog and bin the f7r and put a 220 trophy engine and dual clutch box in it though! Why f**k about!

I set mine to FT, don't go RFT and put too much stress on the bolts

Someone on here years ago bought a 172 that had been bodged with a Laguna f4r to sell on, so the gearboxes match

The f7r used a jc5 gearbox didn't it? In that case an auto from a MK2 Clio should physically fit but the box wasn't great I don't think, it was used in 1.6 16v Clio initiale. Your best bet is probably one of the older auto boxes if they fit

It shouldn't be more tail happy than an rs, will be shocks like John says or budget tyres. My van is a death trap with budgets on

If it's cold white smoke is nothing to worry about should disappear when it's upto temperature mine have all done it

It used to do about 50mpg doing mostly town driving, I wasn't really trying though and drove it pretty quickly.

I think the ph1 dash aged pretty quickly and the ph2 made it look so dated, but as times moved on and the ph2 dash looks old hat, the ph1 now looks retro cool! always loved mine with the retrimmed wheel, alloy knob and white dials!

fuel system is better than it is on the mk2 (but the mk2 isn't actually a big problem, starting to suffer issues now they are nearing anywhere from 12-20 year old) they are drastically worse on fuel compared to a mk2 however are still very fuel efficient! my DCi106 was doing around 10-15mpg...

Sure am! can take the van one day to fit them in the back lol